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Pictures of the Year presents Virtual Conversations with 77th competition and 74th CPOY winners
Pictures of the Year and College Photographer of the Year will celebrate this year’s winners virtually during the “Virtual Conversations with 77th competition winners and 74th COPY winner” event that takes place throughout next week.
Newsroom Notes: Meet your new anchorman. He’s also your governor
Gov. Mike Parson began what he called a daily news briefing a few weeks ago. Broadcast organizations in Missouri immediately offered to help distribute the daily offerings, but Parson insisted on using only Facebook.
Tools for public service journalism: Columbia businesses during COVID-19
We used MapBox and Glitch to create a COVID-19 business map for Columbia, Missouri
The coronavirus crisis has made it clear: The future of journalism must be collaborative
If there’s one lesson Jim Brady has learned over 25 years in digital journalism, it’s that new ideas, new opportunities and new technologies are no match for old habits.
What’s Working: The coronavirus crisis has lessons for us about service journalism
If service journalism has a time to shine, it’s during a crisis. When things are going wrong, people need good, specific information to deal with the situation.
Newsroom Notes: The New Normal
It’s Friday morning and we are closing in on our first week of “new normal” at KOMU. I am blessed that my “new normal” is only disrupting my intended trips home.
RJI’s 2020–2021 fellows named
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute has awarded seven fellowships for the 2020–21 academic year for projects that address the increasing challenges in covering climate change, unpublishing, harassment of marginalized journalists and more.
Newsroom Notes: A unique view at a unique time
How do you run a newsroom through these unusual times? We’re providing a first-hand view from an industry veteran who agreed to lead the KOMU newsroom during a faculty search process—just as the Covid-19 crisis began unfolding.
Binaural audio: Q&A with Nick Michael
Nick Michael, an Editor at NPR Video, shares his experiences with immersive audio
Working from home in the age of pandemic
In a normal week many of us might work from home for a day or an afternoon or an evening. But this was not a normal week, nor will be next week or the week after.